Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, speaks about how "reassuring" the action that governors had taken in the fight against the novel coronavirus, and the pressure that they face in returning to normal life "while facing this scourge". Ihekweazu was part of the weekly WHO Afro briefing with Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, Dr Sani Aliyu, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force COVID-19, and Dr Michel Yao, World Health Organization Emergency Operations Programme Manager. allAfrica editor's note: We apologise for the sound quality.

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